"After that we're goin' to the mountains." "Your mother mentioned mountains." "Yep.

Her and Pa have allus been crazy about mountains, but they never seen 'em.

That's the first thing Ma said when Number One blowed in.
When we saw that oil go over the crown block, and when they told us that black stuff was really oil, Ma busted out cryin' and said she'd see the mountains, after all--then she wouldn't mind if she died.

Pa he cried, too, we'd allus been so pore--You see, Ma's kind of marked about mountains--been that way since she was a girl.

She cuts out stories and pictures of 'em.